''Cycnogeton alcockiae'', also known as southern water-ribbons, Alcock's water-ribbons or dwarf water-ribbons, is a plant in the
arrowgrass family
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native to south-eastern
Australia
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, where it has been recorded from
South Australia
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,
Tasmania
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and
Victoria
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. It is found in
freshwater
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and
brackish
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wetland
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communities
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, in pools, swamps and the margins of streams, where it grows to about 20 cm in height. The fruit is a papery
capsule.
The species was first described as ''Triglochin alcockiae'' by
Helen Aston in 1993, with the species epithet honouring a Mrs Kath Alcock of Narracoorte.
[ in 2010, the species was transferred to the genus, '' Cycnogeton''.]
References
Juncaginaceae
Flora of South Australia
Flora of Tasmania
Flora of Victoria (state)
Plants described in 1993
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